Publishedat 7th of August 2019 09:08:36 PMChapter 228
The Knights were moving around and shouting at their boardinghouse .
「The tenth wave is coming!」
「Ou!」
The giant aquatic creatures leapt towards the Knights who had positioned themselves with their shields and swords .
「Do whatever you can to stop them before they reach town!」
「Ossu!!」
The giant creature leapt towards their shield line and they were able to down it with their weapons…however,
「Guuoooo… . 」
「d.a.m.n it! We’ve got a man down! Hurry with the recovery magic!」
Thanks to each and every one of the creatures having a huge body, there were plenty of knights who got hit .
「The nets! What happened to the ones in the nets……!!」
「It’s no good sir! They’re all broken!」
A large area had been covered by nets, but the creatures’ sharp scales and fangs had torn them asunder .
The knights had endured several attacks and were being defeated one by one .
「This ain’t good . At this rate they’ll get past us…… . 」
They were hitting their limits .
It wasn’t just fish that attacked…there were octopi, squid, and crabs that were able to move themselves across the land to attack .
They had reached the limit of what they could cope with .
「d.a.m.n it…this is impossible…… . 」
「There’s too many of them . 」
Some knights couldn’t help but murmur . At that moment…
「——ahh, there really are a lot . 」
A wooden giant appeared in front of them .
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I was wearing Vajra as I stood on the sandy beach .
Behind me were several wood golems that were cleaning up the crabs and octopi that tried to get away .
「You guys and Dianeia work with the golems to deal with the crabs and such that are trying to run . I’ll go take care of the sh.e.l.lfish ringleader . 」
「G-got it . Leave it to us . 」
I had delegated the creatures that emerged onto the beach to Dianeia and the rest so I turned to face the lake .
I lightly stretched my right arm that had Vajra mounted on it and…
「W-wait Daichi-san! What are you planning to do from here!? Are you planning to split the lake or something?」
I heard Manaril cry out in a panic from behind me .
「Huh? Split the lake… . . I couldn’t do that . 」
「N-no, I don’t think it’s impossible using that magic stone pounder attached to your arm . 」
Is that really so?
Well, even if I could I won’t . It’d cause too much collateral damage .
「B-but if that’s so what are you planning to do to the sh.e.l.lfish from here? Just with your Vajra? If you switch to your firing mode you might reach it… . . 」
「Manaril you have some dangerous thoughts…but I suppose you’re half right . 」
「Eh?」
「—Sakura I’ll be turning just my left arm into firing mode so I’ll leave the fine tuning to you . 」
「Roger that Master . 」
I began changing my Vajra left arm into it’s firing configuration .
Though I say that it was just changing some internal structures and opening a hole in the front . It was pretty easy .
A short while later the transformation was complete .
「All that’s left is the ammunition……tackle box golem come over here . 」
I called the golem I used as a tackle box over .
I took out a long line and a giant net .
「D-Daichi-san what is that huge net!? I feel some kind of incredible power from it…did you make this?」
「Yeah . It’s a casting net I made from Ramiyuros scales . 」
If you spread it out the net would be dozens of meters in size .
Along the edges were thickly braided Ramiyuros rope .
The mesh of the net was quite rough and normal fish would be able to escape, but it was perfect for this situation .
Furthermore instead of weights attached to the ends of it, I had created compressed golems to replace that .
They were small but heavy enough for my purposes . I loaded the net inside the launcher on my arm .
「Nice, firing preparations complete… . . Sakura do you know where the sh.e.l.lfish is?」
「Yes, I can sense it clearly . Eighty meters offsh.o.r.e there is a huge sh.e.l.lfish buried in the mud . 」
「If it’s only 80 meters then it’s perfectly within range . 」
I aimed my left arm in the direction Sakura indicated . Then…
「Yes… . . fire at any time Master . 」
「Okay…… . Dragon King Net, Launch!」
And just like that I let the net fly .
The net burst out of the launcher and spread out into the air .
Then…
「Golems! Pierce!」
I spoke the magic key I set and the compressed golems attached to the net suddenly returned to full size .
Then they fiercely flew downwards before stabbing towards the bottom of the lake .
「… . Master, the net golem has reached the bottom of the lake! It’s firmly rooted itself!」
Only a few seconds had pa.s.sed and the net had reached the lake bottom .
「Mm, seems like it did a good job of suppressing the aquatic creatures too . 」
There had still been plenty of creatures making a ruckus on the surface of the water…but after I fired the net they had been dragged to the bottom of the lake and suppressed . You could no longer see them on the lake surface .
「Okay good, all that’s left is setting the rope attached to the net properly and…」
I attached the rope to a magic stone reel I had crafted .
The rope was very st.u.r.dy so it probably wouldn’t snap .
… . . instead of a casting net it was more like a dragnet .
The large heavy golems were holding the net and the things inside it down .
But either way it didn’t matter .
「I was really hoping to spend my last days here in peace and comfort . So I’ll have to drag all of you guys who tried to disturb my rest to the surface… . !」
Then I began using the reeling system to pull in the net .
I just had to let it pull in automatically .
I shouldn’t need to do it myself .
「This is the power of Vajra Vacation Version…!」
And so the beach was covered in the ferocious aquatic animals I pulled up .
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Dianeia rubbed at her eyes in disbelief .
The rampaging creatures that had been sending knights flying just now were suddenly all caught in a gigantic net and were helplessly flopping on the sand .
No matter how they struggled they couldn’t escape from the net .
No matter how they tried to swim away they were caught and dragged in .
Automatically, mechanically, and without mercy the giant creatures were beached .
「Knight Captain . I knew…that there was a such thing as fishing with magic but……this is absurd . 」
「Y-yes… . it’s more like the net is a predator . 」
The two whispered to each other as the net continued to drag the creatures to land .
Daichi continued his large scale fishing until he finally dragged the troublesome sh.e.l.lfish to the surface .